Samuel Smiths Organic Cider

Brewed by Samuel Smith
Style: Cider
Tadcaster, England

Bottle I picked up a couple months back at Whole foods for $3.99. I think it was a Friday tasting where all the lines really sucked & I was just looking to take something home besides empty growlers. Flying Dog probably. I hate Flying Dog. Poured into my Sly Fox tumbler. Seltzer-ish pour, a couple quick inches of eggshell head, over a very pale yellow body. Smell is husky, maybe more like new mulch. Euro caramelization, watered down golden delicious, & minerals. Taste is a little better. Unusually tart & soggy apples, grassy skin, too much carbonation, & salt. Still watered down. Drying out, it feels a bit chalky. I taste sulfites too. Not much better then most six pack stuff.

nice aroma of tart apples. Aroma is a bit dry. nice golden pour with a thin head. sweetness of the apple has a cinnamon spiciness that fades into a nice refreshing dry finish.

Light yellow with a fully receding fizzy white head. Aroma of apples and white grapes. Tastes of tart malic acid, apples and white grapes. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with lively carbonation. Dry finish. Rather mild but nicely refreshing. Well done.

Poured over a full glass of ice. Fizz and bubbles greet one with the pour. Quinched my thirst on a hot day and tasted of apples and was crisp on the tongue.

Bottle. Pours a golden body with a thin lacing. of bubbles. Very apple juice like with some residual sweetness and a light tartness. Crisp, clean, smooth, but nothing standout.

Gold color. Light apple flavor and aroma. Very simple. It does taste good, even if it is simple.

Really nice cider, smooth, apple flavor and a little sour. Yeast is actually tangible - doesn’t taste like carbonated apple juice. Smooth, nice, but perhaps not my favorite.

For a cider not too bad. Pours yellow with thin rapidly fading white head. Smells and tastes like spiced apples. Finishes weak and disappointing.